Automatic detection of clustered microcalcifications in digitized mammogram films

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-82

  Yu, Songyang ^a   Guan, Ling ^a   Brown, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0003160469     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.482700     Document Type: Article

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